Australian Underground Electronic Music and Arts Collective

CA032: DeFocus: Low Res Productions | Various Artists

Three years in the making, Defocus brings together a hugely diverse collection of low resolution electronic productions from artists across Australia. Anti-production, incidental noise, low bit-rate recordings and analogue tape dropouts make sporadic appearances throughout the release, resulting in a CD that invites listeners to question their received notions of electronic production and to locate the sound inside the error messages.

From the 8-bit loops of Adelaide’s Parlour to the subterranean bass tones of Kazumichi Grime, the tempo-twisting digital manipulations of Two4K and on to the relentless white noise of Ars Electronica-veteran Alex Davies, Defocus charts a path through ambient, dub, minimalist techno, electro, noise and lofi. Each artist supplies their own practical critique of pre-ordained composition and production methodologies, thereby producing a CD that is both consistently listenable and fundamentally disjointed.